Soul echo

Chapter 277 Making a Plan
The city, called 'Charter', rests on a babbling river and sits on a hill.

The center of the city is not the Lord's Mansion, but a church.

At first, this was the pioneering territory of the God of Art and Beauty, but later, for the development of the church, the Church of Art and Beauty sold all the land outside the church to the current lord family of Chartres, although now it seems that there is no doubt that A flop, but back then, many in the Church of Art and Beauty supported it.

Because at that time, when North Africa was invaded by the abyss and the world opened wide, as a group of gods who were not good at fighting, the god of art and beauty did not go to the battlefield, but stood behind and defended together with the god of knowledge. Mortal sanity.

Since the gods are not good at fighting, the church under his command naturally does not have many believers who are good at fighting.

During that period, every church was obliged to send some clergymen to the front line to stop them, and the believers of the God of Art and Beauty were one of the exceptions, because their combat effectiveness was weak and they were easily tempted by the Lord of Pleasure. Once unable to resist, it will degenerate into a demon.

Even so, the 'artists' at the rear were still affected, and many of them could not bear the temptation, which caused great trouble for the Westland at that time.

Therefore, the Church of Art and Beauty has been widely criticized by the world, and even within the church alliance today, some people will bring up the past when they meet the believers of the God of Art and Beauty.

Under this background, Chartres was also sold to the current lord's family, and all the money exchanged was used by the Church of Art and Beauty to hire adventurers and eliminate believers who had turned into demons within the church.

During this period, the fanatical believers of the God of Art and Beauty also created many battle songs and propaganda slogans, but after the end of the war, these things were sealed together with the information of the abyss, and only a few isolated copies remained in the royal library in Paris .

During the more than 20 days in Paris, Zhong Ye didn't spend all of it on browsing forums and exercising. In addition to studying psychic powers, he also sneaked into the library through his connections. This is how this secret history came about. Know.

"So the ancestor of Lord Chartres was a businessman?"

The three of Zhong Ye and the others gathered in Lilian's room. After listening to Zhong Ye's narration, Lily Lieber said angrily: "No wonder he would do these things!"

"It is still not certain that he intercepted the information. Maybe he did report the information, but there were some accidents." Zhong Ye looked at her seriously and reminded, "Until the evidence is found, all speculations are in vain. It's just guesswork, and while you can guess what kind of malice he has, you shouldn't let those guesses cloud your judgment."

Lily's face turned red immediately, and she stared at Zhong Ye, but she couldn't say anything, because her rationality told her that what Zhong Ye said was right, and she couldn't let some guesses affect her judgment.

"Let's sort out the incident!"

Hearing this, Lily understood and spread out the map on the table, "Our current location is in Chartres. According to the descriptions of the receptionist and some adventurers, except for the forest where we encountered the undead, there is no place around Chartres. Undead also appeared in several places, but they were either wiped out by adventurers or priests of the church, and they did not pose a threat to cities and villages."

On the map, several places around Chartres have been marked by Lilian with a charcoal pencil. Now she points to those marks and tells crisply: "Beside the Kingdom Avenue, in the forest and on the river bank, these places where the undead haunt are temporarily closed. We didn't find anything in common, but the teacher found an altar where we encountered the undead before, so it is basically certain that someone is transforming the undead, but it is not known whether the 'material' used for the transformation is a living person or a corpse."

"What's the difference?" Lily asked.

"The living can walk by themselves, but the corpse must be transported, and those who transport the living consume more horse chews than those who transport the dead." Zhong Ye answered her doubts, then looked at his disciple, "Continue."

Lilian nodded and continued: "Currently, there are no excessive numbers of disappearances around Chartres, and there are no large-scale deaths. Everything is at a normal level, and according to the receptionist and adventurers, art and The clergy of the American Church have determined that the time of death of all the undead is not in the past few months, and there have been no accidents in the cemetery recently.

"The first time this kind of situation happened was half a month ago, that is to say, in just half a month, including the one we experienced, at least five incidents of encountering undead happened one after another around Chartres , neither the frequency nor the intensity is normal."

After finishing speaking, Lilian breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Zhong Ye with blinking eyes, waiting for the teacher's evaluation.

"The analysis was in place this time." Zhong Ye nodded in satisfaction, "The intelligence collection is also done well, it can be said that there are no omissions, even if it were me, I could only sort out so many things in a short period of time."

Hearing the praise, Lilian puffed up her chest with a proud smile on her face.

Lily, who was sitting by the side, was in extremely complicated moods. She didn't think as thoroughly as Lilian. She thought that she was wise enough to serve as a commander and advisor in the army, so she could help a little in this matter. Unexpectedly, she Even Lilian, who doesn't look very smart, is better than her.

Zhong Ye glanced at the two of them calmly, "If you were to make an action plan, what would you do?"

"action plan?"

Lily and Lilian looked at each other, then lowered their heads and began to think.

Lilian didn't prepare a plan of action, she did things in a single-threaded way, and when she was thinking hard, another Lily, Lily Liber, spoke.

"First of all, we should go to the places where the undead are haunted to see if we can find an altar like the altar in the woods next to the Kingdom Avenue, and then contact the God of Art and Beauty, and call the one you met. While telling them about the monster, ask them to confirm whether other churches have been informed about what happened in Chartres, and whether similar things have happened in other places.”

Lily Liebel thought quickly and clearly, while she was telling the story, she was sorting out the intelligence information she had just learned.

After a pause, she insisted: "...Finally, if possible, I think we still need to find a chance to test the lord of Chartres."

"Why?" Zhong Ye neither affirmed nor vetoed.

"I have seen the ugliest side of many nobles. Don't be afraid to use the worst malice to speculate on their behavior, because their behavior is far worse than you imagine!"

Speaking of this, Lily took a deep breath, "During the previous disaster, from top to bottom, almost half of a duke's family became cultists, and the two earls who inherited the title were also The transformation took place under the eyes of everyone, and then there were countless small nobles... After that day, Paris lost two-fifths of the nobles, whether they were real power nobles or court nobles, some people were transformed into heretics, at least some Thirty-four families lost their heirs, and nine families were wiped out."

Speaking of these things made Lily's hair stand on end, she couldn't help rubbing her arms with disgust on her face.

Lilian was dumbfounded when she heard that, she never knew that the situation in Paris was so dire at that time.

"So, I think it is necessary to investigate the lord of Chartres!"

Hearing this, Zhong Ye didn't answer right away, he quietly looked at Lily Lieber.

Perhaps it was because she had lived in the court since she was a child and had seen many dark things, so that she harbored deep malice towards nobles, and this prejudice affected her judgment.

However, Zhong Ye couldn't guarantee that he was absolutely objective and neutral. According to his education, living environment, and the information he obtained on a daily basis, as long as a person grows up, he must have a certain position.

Therefore, he will not object to Lily Lieber's proposal. Forcibly acting as a neutral customer is a position and a prejudice.

"Lilian, what's your plan?" Zhong Ye turned to look at his students.

Lilian froze for a moment, then lowered her head in frustration, "Teacher, I can't think of any other way..."

Zhong Ye nodded, instead of blaming her, he looked around and said, "Is there nothing to add? If not, then follow Miss Lieber's plan."

Neither of them had any objections, so tomorrow's action plan was finalized.

(End of this chapter)